sravna
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Mathematics can be used to model reality. In my view there is a fundamental problem in Math that does not allow it to be a good model of reality especially when it comes to describing the inordinately that is in mathematical terms infinitely high or low values.
The question is can anything be infinitely large, long etc. or infinitesimally small, short etc.? Let us take the example of the structure of space. We know a space is characterized by distance between any two points. Now try to think of how small this distance can be. Logically at a certain point it has to be zero.
But if you mathematically approach it, the values can go on indefinitely small. For example it can start from 1 then go to 0.5 to 0.25 to .125 and so on. So when does the distance become 0? The solution I think is to assume that the above representation through Math does not work at the lowest level and at some point, i.e, at some threshold the distance becomes suddenly 0. That is it the space abdicates its nature of presenting itself as distance and a higher nature of space reveals itself.
Similarly consider the speed of light. It is the fastest a physical energy can travel. So nothing can travel at infinite speed just as we saw above that it is not possible to be indefinitely small. Infinite speed would not make sense. That means you can travel faster than you always did. Where would the energy come from?. In a way similar to the above the infinity does not reflect the reality. I think there is evidence that thoughts are instantly everywhere. I cannot vouch for the veracity of this but it seems to me to be reasonable as a truth. So in this case physical energy transcending into a higher mental energy and neatly solving the problem of infinite speed. At extremes these interesting things seem to be happening.
So I would conclude that any theory that makes use of the concept such as infinity will not lead to a real description of the reality and we seriously need to assess alternatives to model reality in very extreme cases.
The question is can anything be infinitely large, long etc. or infinitesimally small, short etc.? Let us take the example of the structure of space. We know a space is characterized by distance between any two points. Now try to think of how small this distance can be. Logically at a certain point it has to be zero.
But if you mathematically approach it, the values can go on indefinitely small. For example it can start from 1 then go to 0.5 to 0.25 to .125 and so on. So when does the distance become 0? The solution I think is to assume that the above representation through Math does not work at the lowest level and at some point, i.e, at some threshold the distance becomes suddenly 0. That is it the space abdicates its nature of presenting itself as distance and a higher nature of space reveals itself.
Similarly consider the speed of light. It is the fastest a physical energy can travel. So nothing can travel at infinite speed just as we saw above that it is not possible to be indefinitely small. Infinite speed would not make sense. That means you can travel faster than you always did. Where would the energy come from?. In a way similar to the above the infinity does not reflect the reality. I think there is evidence that thoughts are instantly everywhere. I cannot vouch for the veracity of this but it seems to me to be reasonable as a truth. So in this case physical energy transcending into a higher mental energy and neatly solving the problem of infinite speed. At extremes these interesting things seem to be happening.
So I would conclude that any theory that makes use of the concept such as infinity will not lead to a real description of the reality and we seriously need to assess alternatives to model reality in very extreme cases.
